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A602 crash in Stevenage on 20 August 2004 at 16:45 involving a BMW 5 Series

A BMW 5 Series, a Rover 100 Series and a Peugeot 306 were involved in a crash on the A602 in Stevenage at 16:45 on Friday 20 August 2004. The 39-year-old female driver of the Peugeot 306 was slightly injured.

It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry dual carriageway with a 60 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Slight
Date
20 Aug 2004
Friday, 16:45
Vehicles
3
BMW 5 Series and 2 others
Casualties
1
1 slightly injured

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.92811, longitude -0.22113, in the SG1 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Woodfield, Stevenage, SG1 4FD area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Stevenage

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  • 1 crash
  • Slight

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
20044100E0452
Council area
Stevenage
Police force
Hertfordshire
Police attended the scene
No
Highway authority
Hertfordshire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
602
Road type
Dual carriageway
Speed limit
60 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres
Junction control
Auto traffic signal
Second road class
A
Second road number
602

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Daylight
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Dry

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
Judged by the reporting police officer
Estimated chance it was serious
0%
Estimated chance it was slight
100%

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, at the same spot, was a slight injury crash on 3 February 1999.

Vehicles involved (3)

  • Vehicle 1: BMW 5 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Slowing or stopping
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Front
    Driver sex
    Male
    Engine capacity
    2,979 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    1 year

  • Vehicle 2: Rover 100 Series

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Engine capacity
    1,120 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    9 years

  • Vehicle 3: Peugeot 306

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Waiting to go ahead
    Travelling from
    West
    Travelling to
    East
    First point of impact
    Back
    Driver sex
    Female
    Driver age
    39 years
    Engine capacity
    1,360 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    3 years

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Driver

    Slight

    Female, aged 39, car occupant, in vehicle 3 (Peugeot 306)

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 20044100E0452 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stevenage road accident statistics for 2004.